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Candlelight Vigil Honors 13-Year-Old Jacksonville Boy Gunned Down In Drive-By Shooting

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A brave football coach, Ben Becker, 20, is in the hospital with critical gunshot wounds after shielding his team from a drive-by in Jacksonville, Florida. Sadly, a young boy named Prince Holland was killed in the shooting.

Family, friends, and members of the community gathered Friday night to honor the life of 13-year-old Holland. Holland, who was coming home from football practice, was one of five people inside the SUV when it was hit by a barrage of bullets, injuring two others. He was the sole victim of death.

According to Action News Jax, the drive-by shooting began at Moncrief and New Kings roads, where Becker and his students were leaving football tryouts at the Legends Center and Gymnasium nearby.

As they loaded themselves into the car, the rounds hit their car, and Becker was shot 10 times as he dove to cover the children from bullets.

“Inside the vehicle during the shooting were five victims ranging from 11 to 20 years old,” the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “Two of these were not injured during the shooting, while three of the victims in the vehicle sustained serious injuries to include a 13-year-old that died at the scene.”

Attorney John Phillips, who is representing Becker, said he had had several surgeries for his injuries. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is still working to identify suspects in the case. Waters said his team is dedicating an additional 420 person-hours “to focus on these issues” of violence in the community.

Source: Candlelight Vigil Honors 13-Year-Old Jacksonville Boy Gunned Down In Drive-By Shooting

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